Face
Jowls & Sagging Jawline
The 4.5mm cartridge reaches the deep supporting layer, which is why this is the structural one.
Gradual tightening, minimal downtime
Ultraformer HIFU in London
A lunchtime treatment on Wimpole Street, with minimal downtime. Ultraformer HIFU sends focused ultrasound to the deep supporting layer beneath the skin, so one session, with minimal downtime, builds a firmer jaw and neck over the next three months.
Quick facts
- Treats Jawline, jowls, neck, brow, mild to moderate laxity
- Depths 1.5mm, 3.0mm and 4.5mm
- Sessions 1, repeated annually
- Downtime None
- Results From 6 weeks, peak at 3 months
Price from
From £250 eye area
per treatment
Concerns it addresses
What Ultraformer Hifu treats
You notice it first in a side-on photo: the jaw edge softening, the neck a little looser. HIFU, high-intensity focused ultrasound, focuses energy to a precise point beneath the skin, the way a magnifying glass focuses light, heating it to around sixty five degrees while everything above and below stays untouched. Collagen contracts at that temperature, and the tissue builds fresh collagen over the following months.
Skin
Crepey & Lax Skin
The 3.0mm depth tightens the skin itself rather than the structure beneath it.
Face
Neck Lines
A neck starting to loosen responds while the skin still has thickness and elasticity.
Face
Double Chin
Tightening beneath the jaw, planned around a quick look at facial volume first.
Before & After Results
Jaw and neck
Sharper jaw line
Ultraformer III HIFU under the chin and along the jaw. Image courtesy of Classys, maker of Ultraformer III. Individual results may vary.
Jaw and neck
Lift under the chin
Ultraformer III HIFU on the lower face and under the chin. Image courtesy of Classys, maker of Ultraformer III. Individual results may vary.
Forehead
Forehead lines softened
Ultraformer III HIFU on the forehead. Image courtesy of Classys, maker of Ultraformer III. Individual results may vary.
Mid face
Nose-to-mouth lines softened
Ultraformer III HIFU on the mid and lower face. Image courtesy of Classys, maker of Ultraformer III. Individual results may vary.
Three cartridge depths across a single treatment.
Using all three, each where it belongs, is what gives the most beautiful HIFU result.
Depth, explained
How Does Ultraformer HIFU Work?
Three cartridge depths are used across a single treatment, each where it belongs, and that is what gives the most beautiful HIFU result.
Brow
Brows sitting lower than they did, treated with the 1.5mm cartridge for the superficial dermis.
Jawline
A jawline losing its edge. The 4.5mm cartridge reaches the SMAS for structural lift along the jaw and lower face.
Jowls
Early jowling, treated at 4.5mm and 3.0mm.
Neck and under-chin
A neck starting to loosen, and the under-chin. Ultrasound does not target pigment, so it is suitable for most skin tones after a skin check.
4.5mm: the SMAS
The 4.5mm cartridge reaches the SMAS for structural lift, used along the jaw and lower face. Your clinician sees a live ultrasound image of the tissue during treatment, which confirms the energy is landing in exactly the right layer.
Treatment areaSelect a point to explore
Beneath the skinIllustrative depth
Three fixed cartridge depths are used across a single treatment. The slider between them is illustrative, not a treatment setting.
- 1.5mm: superficial dermis
- The 1.5mm cartridge treats the superficial dermis for fine lines and surface texture, and is the depth used around the eyes.
- 3.0mm: deep dermis
- The 3.0mm cartridge treats the deep dermis, tightening and thickening the skin itself.
- 4.5mm: the SMAS
- The 4.5mm cartridge reaches the SMAS for structural lift, used along the jaw and lower face. Your clinician sees a live ultrasound image of the tissue during treatment, which confirms the energy is landing in exactly the right layer.
In the clinic
Ultraformer HIFU at Wimpole Street
Your visit and your results
Your Ultraformer Journey at Regents Park Aesthetics
01
Day 0
Matching the plan to your face
A close assessment of skin thickness, laxity and mid-face volume, so your plan is tightening, volume, or a referral, whichever will serve your face best.
What you feel or see A close look at how the face has changed.
What to do Ask which approach suits you; it makes every pound count.
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A close assessment of skin thickness, laxity and mid-face volume, so your plan is tightening, volume, or a referral, whichever will serve your face best.
What you feel or see A close look at how the face has changed.
What to do Ask which approach suits you; it makes every pound count.
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Gel is applied and the handpiece passes across the treatment area in lines, using the three cartridge depths where each belongs.
What you feel or see Heat and brief deep prickling as each line is delivered, strongest over bone along the jaw.
What to do Nothing to plan around. It can be done at lunchtime.
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Mild redness for an hour or two and occasionally slight swelling or tenderness. Some patients feel a deep ache along the jaw for a week, which is the treated tissue responding and settles on its own.
What you feel or see Warm and a little tender.
What to do Makeup can go straight back on.
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Fresh collagen is forming beneath the surface. It is a gradual process, which is exactly why the result looks so natural when it arrives.
What you feel or see Nothing much yet.
What to do Take photographs in the same light, for the fun of comparing later.
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The lift becomes apparent as new collagen forms. The change is a tightening and a cleaner jaw edge that friends notice without quite knowing why, and it shows beautifully in photographs because it happens gradually.
What you feel or see A firmer jaw edge and neck.
What to do Compare the photographs.
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Improvement peaks at three months.
What you feel or see The full result of the session.
What to do Photographs again, same light.
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Results last twelve to eighteen months. Most patients repeat annually, and repeated treatment holds the jawline for longer than a single session suggests.
What you feel or see A gradual return of laxity.
What to do Book the next session for around twelve months.
Consultation
Day 0
Results
Day 0 · Consultation
Matching the plan to your face
A close assessment of skin thickness, laxity and mid-face volume, so your plan is tightening, volume, or a referral, whichever will serve your face best.
What you feel or seeA close look at how the face has changed.
What to doAsk which approach suits you; it makes every pound count.
Day 0 · Treatment
Forty five to ninety minutes
Gel is applied and the handpiece passes across the treatment area in lines, using the three cartridge depths where each belongs.
What you feel or seeHeat and brief deep prickling as each line is delivered, strongest over bone along the jaw.
What to doNothing to plan around. It can be done at lunchtime.
Same day · Immediately after
Minimal downtime
Mild redness for an hour or two and occasionally slight swelling or tenderness. Some patients feel a deep ache along the jaw for a week, which is the treated tissue responding and settles on its own.
What you feel or seeWarm and a little tender.
What to doMakeup can go straight back on.
Weeks 1 to 6 · Waiting
Collagen quietly building
Fresh collagen is forming beneath the surface. It is a gradual process, which is exactly why the result looks so natural when it arrives.
What you feel or seeNothing much yet.
What to doTake photographs in the same light, for the fun of comparing later.
Weeks 6 to 12 · The lift
It becomes apparent
The lift becomes apparent as new collagen forms. The change is a tightening and a cleaner jaw edge that friends notice without quite knowing why, and it shows beautifully in photographs because it happens gradually.
What you feel or seeA firmer jaw edge and neck.
What to doCompare the photographs.
Month 3 · Peak
The peak result
Improvement peaks at three months.
What you feel or seeThe full result of the session.
What to doPhotographs again, same light.
12 to 18 months · Annually
Repeat once a year
Results last twelve to eighteen months. Most patients repeat annually, and repeated treatment holds the jawline for longer than a single session suggests.
What you feel or seeA gradual return of laxity.
What to doBook the next session for around twelve months.
Treatment or session
Milestone
Dotted line: how results build over time, schematic not measured
Six weeks of quiet collagen building, then the lift.
The lift becomes visible from week six and peaks at three months, which is why the result looks so natural.
Ultraformer HIFU at Regents Park Aesthetics
Meet your practitioners
Every patient is assessed by a qualified clinician, a doctor, nurse or other qualified practitioner, before anything is booked.
Spirithoula Koukoufikis
Senior Aesthetician
Known to patients as SK. Over thirteen years’ experience and more than fifty aesthetic lasers and devices, having worked at five-star clinics across London.
Natasha McDade
Senior Aesthetician
Over 30 years in the aesthetic industry. A senior aesthetician who specialises in advanced skincare, professional treatments and innovative aesthetic devices.
Choosing between treatments
How HIFU compares
Some treatments do the same job a different way. Others do a different job alongside it. The right combination depends on your skin and what you are treating; a consultation settles it.
| Ultraformer HIFUFocused ultrasound | Morpheus8Radiofrequency microneedling | FaceliftSurgery | |
|---|---|---|---|
| How it works | Fixed depths to 4.5mm | To 4mm | Removes skin and repositions tissue |
| Best for | The better structural lift | More for skin texture and quality alongside tightening | Significant sagging |
| Downtime | None | Two to three days | Surgery and recovery |
| See pricing | Explore Morpheus8 |
| Dermal fillersHyaluronic acid | |
|---|---|
| What it adds | Volume, where the face needs it rather than tightening |
| Timing | At least two weeks either side, because the heat can affect recently placed filler |
| Explore dermal fillers |
A facelift lasts ten years or more. HIFU tightens what is there, lasts twelve to eighteen months, and involves no surgery, no scar and no recovery.
Transparent pricing
Pricing
Planning your treatment
Sessions1, repeated annually
DowntimeNone
ResultsFrom 6 weeks, peak at 3 months
Your plan and the number of sessions are agreed at your consultation, before anything is booked.
Treatment
From
Ultraformer eye tightening
£250
Lower face and jawline
£595
Lower face, jawline and neck
£980
Full face and neck
£1,250
Knees
£550
Questions patients ask
Frequently asked questions
High-intensity focused ultrasound. Energy is focused to a precise point beneath the skin, heating it to around sixty five degrees so collagen contracts and new collagen forms over the following months. The skin surface is not affected. The 4.5mm cartridge reaches the SMAS, the deep fibromuscular layer beneath the skin.
It suits mild to moderate laxity: a jawline losing its edge, early jowling, a neck starting to loosen, brows sitting lower than they did. It works best between the late thirties and fifties, while the skin still has reasonable thickness and elasticity.
Your clinician tailors the plan at the consultation. Where there is real excess skin, surgery is the better route, and where a face has lost substantial volume, restoring it first means the tightening looks fresher and more youthful.
From £250 for the eye area and £595 for lower face and jawline. Adding the neck is £980, and full face and neck is £1,250 at our Wimpole Street clinic.
You feel heat and brief deep prickling with each line of energy, strongest over bone along the jawline. It is uncomfortable in bursts rather than continuously, and no anaesthetic is normally needed.
None. Mild redness for an hour or two and occasional tenderness for a few days. Makeup can go straight back on and you can return to work immediately.
Collagen builds quietly for the first six weeks. The lift becomes visible from week six and peaks at three months.
Twelve to eighteen months. Most patients repeat annually, and repeat treatment holds the jawline better than a single session.
For mild to moderate laxity, a firmer jaw edge and a tighter neck that build gradually and look completely natural. For significant sagging, surgery is the better route, and your clinician talks you through it at the consultation.
HIFU uses focused ultrasound at fixed depths to 4.5mm with minimal downtime, and is aimed at structural lift. Morpheus8 uses radiofrequency microneedling to 4mm, has two to three days of downtime, and does more for skin texture and quality alongside tightening. Both are at our Wimpole Street clinic.
Yes. Ultrasound does not target melanin, which makes it suitable for most skin tones after a skin check.
Your clinician assesses facial volume before setting the protocol, so a slimmer face is treated with a lighter touch and keeps its softness while the jaw and neck firm up.
Yes, with a gap. We leave at least two weeks either side, because the heat can affect recently placed filler. Tell your clinician what you have had and when.
One, then annually. Occasionally a second session at six months is recommended where laxity is at the upper end of what the treatment suits.
They do different jobs. A facelift removes skin and repositions tissue, lasting ten years or more. HIFU tightens what is there, lasts twelve to eighteen months, and involves no surgery, no scar and no recovery, so you can be back at your desk the same afternoon.
Ultraformer Hifu at Regents Park Aesthetics
Ready when you are.
Every plan starts with a conversation and a close look at your face, so the treatment you book is the one that suits you.
